Cod Potpies with Dill Biscuit Crusts

Name: Cod Potpies with Dill Biscuit Crusts
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 118 milliliters finely diced carrot; 59 milliliters finely diced celery; 567 grams skinless cod or scrod fillet, cut into 3/4-inch chunks; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 3 Tbsps chopped fresh dill; 1 medium leek (white and pale green parts only), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 teaspoons salt; 8 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, plus 1 tablespoon, melted; 118 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Cod Potpies with Dill Biscuit Crusts a try. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 518 calories, 32g of protein, and 24g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up leek, salt, dill, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.

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Oven

Wash leek in a bowl of water, then lift out and drain well. Cook leek, carrot, and celery in butter in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until tender, about 7 minutes.

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Butter

Carrot

Celery

Water

Leek

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a boil, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes. (Sauce will be thick.)

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Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Sauce

Milk

Salt

Remove pan from heat.

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Frying Pan

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter cubes with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk and dill with a fork until mixture just comes together.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Dill

Milk

Salt

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Gather dough into a ball, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 2 or 3 times.

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Dough

Roll out with a floured rolling pin into an 8-inch square (1/2 inch thick), then cut out 4 biscuits using cutter.

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Biscuits

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Sprinkle cod with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer and stir in fish, then divide among ramekins. Top each ramekin with a biscuit, then brush biscuits with melted butter. Arrange ramekins in a shallow baking pan and bake until sauce is bubbling and biscuits are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

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Biscuits

Butter

Pepper

Sauce

Fish